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t , ! it cost Hofmann enter the colt and lIilI Massive Idaho flood leaves four dead $10,000 to liar! IDAHO F~, Idaho (AP) - Four up water. counties, including at leut 11 In llerlous The three coqrelllJlell made It clear said did not aJarm them becau.ee it 11'11 wb1ch the town is named - normally lIVID post, under 126 perIOIII were confirmed dead SUnday II The National Weather Service aald the condition. they tblnk the damages are the respon­ nonnaI for a new dam. But then, around to eight feet blgb - were nearly Invisible. at 5:38 p.m., EDT, .utboritiea llU'Veyed the desb:'uction left nood would reacb Shelley, Idaho, about 50 DisrUpted communications made it sibility of the federal government since the noon Saturday, the dam gave way on the Keith HIggInson, director of the Idaho 1IMIth Belmont by I musive flood lOOlled on towns and miles below the dam, at about 6 p.m., at d1fftcult to useas the elrtent 01 casualties dam was constructed for the Bureau ~ north side, with about I one-tb1rd sed:lon Department of Water Reaources, $lVl,OOO, willi firma 110111 the Teton River by the about five feet above flood stage. or m1saing, but It appeared well below one Reclamation. They 1ncIicated Imrnedlate wasbing away. predicted there would be no more flooding the winner. CBS lIilI eoIIIpee of a nearly new earthen dam. The four penooa known killed were at unconfirmed estimate from a sheriff's legislation may be submitted to allow C0n­ "It'. obvious that that there's some fatal downstream. ~ nalloaal Oaw somewhere, eIther In lelecUon of the p.m. Some flooding continued to spread Rexburg, a town 01 some 10,000 persona deputy Saturday that up to 150 persona gress to "make full restitutioo of life and "The wont baa passed us," be saJd. site or construction 01 the dam ltaelf," Sen. doWMtream Sunday on the Teton and Into about 18 miles below the dam. could be dead. property" to the victims 01 the flood. Waters bad receded somewhat In bird­ perIOIIDel Frank Churcb, D-Idaho, said after nylng !be Snake River, but officials said the Thousands of persona were evacuated Prea1dent Ford declared the four flooded Bureau of Reclamation began 81 BugII' City, over the area. "It appears there is prima bit areas such Rexburg; ...at bad pused. Left In the wake of the from their bomea II far as Idaho Falla, counties - Madison, Fremont, Bingham an inveatil!ation of the callie rJ. the break. population 600, and Teton, population 400. dirt rock facie evidence that the federal government retreating flood crest were home. carried and others were trapped on blgb ground. and Bonneville - a major disaster area. The 307..foot-blgb and dam, Damage 11'81 reported severe In tbeae whicb 11'81 3,000 feet acroaa and 35 feet is responsible for the dlllater." I feet from foundationa, carcasses of dead Red CrOll oIftclaIs aald there were no Gov. Cecil Andrus said Ford IIIIUl'ed blm areas, 81 well 81 In the sma1l communities ctttle littering fields and trailer hornet Immediate estimates of the number of by telephone of f8lt federallllllistance. wide at the top, held bact a reservoir of Air National GUlrd Capt. Jlck of Newdale and Wilford. But deta1is were toued about. homeless and Injured. Andrus, wbo new over the stricken area 250,000 acre-feet 01 water, or about eo Enterldne, who fiew over the area at dawn, not available. At Idaho Fa1l8, some 40 mllea down­ Officials of the Churcb of Jesus Cbrlst of Sunday with three members of Idabo's billion gallons. Its conslniction, delayed by aald the Oood 11'81 spreading southward It IIream from the ruined federal Teton Latter-day Saints (Monnon) reported five congressional delegation, said It appeared actiona of envlronmental1ats, was juat that time over the Snake River toward Andrus said be 11''' told that 38,000 Icres DIm, sand bags were plied alolll the persona mlaslng in the area of the town of damage will be In the bundreds of mllllOll8 being completed and the dam 11'81 not Idaho Fa1l8 and other communities. Idaho of farmland bad been flooded, and there Snake River and conalniction engineers Roberts. of dollars. He said It would be an "absolute completely full before it I'\IDlured. FaIla, at 35,000 persons the largest city were fears that some fields might bave .ttempted to blow up flood gates jammed Hospital spokesmen In Idaho Falla said miracle If we get by with a small number 1'be rupture began with some leaking on reached by the water by noon, appeared to beeb permanently dImIged by the sand, with debris In an effort to release backed- 50 persons were Injured In the variOll8 of casualt1es." Thursday, which Reclamation officlals have escaped major flooding. The falla for gravel and silt deposited by the flood. 'No appeal' say TOE DAILY I renewal plaintiffs ©1976 Student Publications, Inc. Vol. 109, No. ~ Monday, June 7, 1976 Iowa City, Iowa 52242 By K. PATRICK JENSEN appeal is "baaed on the un­ since the city's contract with News Editor derstanding that neither the Old Capitol was illegal In "the Movie stars, Iudiaus gather city nor any of the Intervenors way the contract W81 arranged The three plaintiffs in the are currently plaMiIJI to a~ and In part because of the ID'ban renewal sult told The peal." repeated and extensive Dally Iowan Sunday that they Judge James Carter on May revlslona made at the request of do not intend to appeal the court ~~ exempted Plaza Centre One DId Capitol Associates. To decision that baited the city's from his May 4 ruling baiting waive a legal right without Pine Ridge murder trial begins ID'ban redevelopment program urban renewal development In careful study of all possible but granted an exemption for the city. On May 25, the City Implications of such action construction of Plaza Centre Council voted not to pursue the seems unwise"; By LARRY PERL Kll1srigbts, was also kllled In an Altbougb neltber tbe Sbootlng then broke out Wllllams were killed bad been One. matter to the Iowa Supreme -That the city now bas a Assoc. Features Editor ensuing shootout between more prosecuting nor the defense between the agents and the equlpped and used 81 bunkers to However, tbe plaintiffs Court. chance to draft a contract FBI agents and the Indiana. attorneys have stated bow they Indians, during wblch tbe conceal gunfire. American refused to sign a waiver that Old Capitol announced last "more representative of the Movie stars, the media , Even though the trial bas not Intend to prove their cases, lnd1ans made their escape, Indian Movement (AIM) would legally bave prevented Wednesday that It would not Iowa City community than was spectators and more than 200 yet begun, some controversy there are some UII8lIIWered It remains a mystery how the leaders claim that the old further appeal. The waiver was appeal if the plaintiffs agreed to the one Involved In the Old Indians from all over North has already arisen over questions wblch mlgbt come­ government intends to prove chicken sheds were simply old requested last.l. Wednesday by sign a formal waiver not to Capitol Associates contract. America will be among the procedure. into play during the trial. that among all tbose who chicken sheds. Old Capitol ASSOCiates, the appeal. The plaintiffs cannnot now sign observers when two South U.S. DIstrict Judge Edward How does the government escaped, it was Butler and Then there are the residents city's redevelopment firm. In tbelr statement, the an agreement of the kind Dakota Indiana go on trial for McManus decided during a pre­ know It was Butler and Robideau who killed the two of Pine Ridge, many who claim In a signed statement issued plaintiffs cited four reasons for requested by Old Capitol murder today in Cedar Rapids. trial hearing Saturday af­ Robideau who fired the sbots agents. to bave been repeatedly to the D1, the three plaintiffs - not signing the waiver Associates and at the same time Jury selection begins today in ternoon that the Jury sbould be that killed Coler and WiUlams ? Also In question is wbether harrassed by FBI agents ever Charles Eastham, Harold requested by Old Capitol. They be repesentiIJI the interests of the trial of Robert Eugene asked to comment on wbat they When other agents came on Willlam Janklow, the South since the shootout occurred. to Bechtoldt and Jeanne Smith· are: the many citizens of Iowa RobIdeau and Darrell BuUer In know and think of Kunstler. the scene after the shooting, Dakota (state) attorney, and Illegal procedures by FBI efftcllve field - said their decision not to - That the suIt was brougbt City"; Cedar Rapids federal district The New York lawyer is they descended upon some the state troopers be brought agents damaged the govern­ -That they are "publicly court. known for his roles in the nearby cabins In wblcb they along to the reservation to aid ment's case against AIM see The two Indiana are accused Chicago Seven trial involving th.ought armed Indians mlgbt be the FBI bad any right to be leaders Russell Banks and stating their desire to the of the shooting deaths of two construction of Plaza Centre disruptions at the Democratic hiding, acconling to various there since the state bas no Dennis Means In the Wounded Small challenged One resume and are publicly FBI agents, Jack Coler and National Convention and other news reports. They were afraid authority on the reservation. Knee take~ver trial two years stating that they have no in­ Ronald Williams, on the Pine controversial cases.

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